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A. I. M. YOULTEN.

SLIDING WINDOW.

No. 469,965. Patented Mar. 1,1 8 92.

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A.F.M.'YOU LTEN. SLIDING WINDOW.

No. 469,955.. Patented Mar. 1, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIE FRANCES'MARIA YOULTEN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

. SLIDING WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,955, dated March 1,1892. Application filed January 29, 1891. Serial No. 379,692. (Nomodel.) Patented in Englandd'anuary 29, 1889 ITO-1,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE FRANCES MARIA YOULTEN, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain,residing at Merton Park, in the county of Surrey,England, have invented certain Improvements in Sliding \Vindows, (forwhich I have previously obtained Letters Patent'in England dated January29, 1889, No. 1,577,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in sliding windows, and refers to aspecial arrangement for enabling the sashes to be removed from theirvertical position in the sashframe to an inclined position within aroom, being conveniently held therein for cleaning and other purposes.This arrangement is applicable to the sliding windowsin ordinary use.

According to my invention the beads which secure the sashesin positionare rendered movable by being hinged to the frame in such a manner as tobe easily opened and closed. In the latter case the said beads arelocked by suitable fastening means hereinafter more particularlydescribed. In order that my invention may be more fully understood Iwill describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheets ofillustrative drawings, in which Figure 1 is an inside elevation-of awindowframe and sliding sashes provided with my improvements and showingthe sashes in position for cleaning purposes, Fig. 2 being a centralvertical section thereof. Fig. 2 shows in detached view the suspensionhook-and pin for the inner sash. Fig. 3 is a central verti- V calsection showing the sashes closed.

A is the window-frame, and B B are the sashes.

O C are the side beads, hinged to the frame at C C for a portion oftheir lengths, and D D are the parting-beads, also hinged to the framefor a portion of their lengths.

E E are hooks or supports fixed to each side of the frame, and F F areplates secured to the top of the inner face of the stile of the .sash B,said plates being cut out to form catches, which will engage with thehooks E when the window-sash B is brought into the room, as seen inFigs. 1 and 2. The hooks E may be made with oblique slots instead ofterminating in hooks.

ate with the pins H in the manner shown in Fig. 2 when said frame isbrought into the room. The hinged beads C C are each provided withscrewed pins II or other suitable fastening devices, whereby the saidbeads are firmly locked in their ordinary or normal position. These"pins are formed with square heads, which project beyond the beads andenable them to be turned by the aid of a small key, and when the beadsare in their normal or closed position the said pins enter tapped holesK K, formed in small plates fixed to the frame. In order to move thesashes and support them in the inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2,for the purpose of cleaning, repairing, or painting their outer as wellas inner surfaces from inside the win-- dow, the pins I are firstunlocked by means of aforesaid key, thus releasing the beads, which arenow turned back to allow the sash to be pulled inward. The sash B isthen raised far enough to permit the plate F to engage the hooks E, andthe bottom of the sash is pulled inward and is supported at a suitableangle by means of a bar L, the bent end L of which is fitted in ascrew-eye M, fixed to the lower part of the frame or other convenientposition. The outer end L of the bar is likewise fitted in a screw-eyeN, fixed to the bottom of the sash B or other convenient position. Thesash B is then pulled down until the hooks G rest upon the pins H, whenthe said sash is pulled inward (the hinged parts of the beads D beingfirst turned back to allow the sash to pass them) and supported at asuitable angle by means of a chain 0, connected to the bar L. To placethe sashes back again into their normal positions in the frame, thechain 0 is unhooked from the sash B, the said sash pushed back into itssliding grooves, and the bead D turned back into its normal position.The bar L is then out of the screw-eye M and disconnected from thescrew-eye N, and the sash B is likewise pushed back into its slidtions.Instead of the plates F and hooks G being fixed to the sashes and thehooks iE and pins H to the frame, the arrangement may be reversed, theslotted plates F and hooks G being fixed to the frame and the hooks Eand pins [-1 to the sashes; or I may use as an alternative slidingpiusor pivots fixed either to the sash or to the frame, or they may betemporarily applied unattached.

Having thus particularly described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A window frame provided with hinged beads and with sash-suspendinghooks and pins located at the upper ends of the sash to permit; theIOWBIHGDQSIO be swung upward, in combination with movable sashesprovided at their tops with catch-plates or the like, which co-operatewith said suspending hooks and pins twhenzt-he sashes are adjusted to aposition inclined to the windomframe, subs antially as set forth.

2. The combination, withthewindow-frame and a pair of sliding Sashes-.suspended by hinging devices located at the upper portions ofthe sashto permit the lower ends to be swung upward, of hinged parting-beads Dand hinged beads 0, locked in normal positionby pins 1, enacting withtapped holes K, formed in plates fixed to the window-frame,substantially as set forth.

co-operate with the catch-plates or the like on the movable sashes whenthe latter are drawn inward, and appliances, substantially as described,for holding the sashes at an angle to the Window-frame,as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the window-frame provided with hingedparting-beads and a pair of sliding andhinged sashes, of means forsupporting the hinged sashes in a position inclined to thewindow-frame,consisting ot' screw-eyes M 'N, fixed to the window frameand the bottom of thelinnersash, bent bar L, engaging said eyes toholdone sash in its inclined position, and chaiuiO, engaging said barand the other sash to hold it :in its inclined position, substantiallyas set forth.

London, December 17, 1890.

ANNIE FRANCES MARIA .YOUl/IEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK HUGHES, WM. YOULTEN,

76 Chancery Lane, London, HUG.

